Usually means: Large body of water, enclosed.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. gulf: Merriam-Webster
  2. gulf, the Gulf: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gulf: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gulf, the Gulf: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gulf: Vocabulary.com
  6. Gulf, gulf: Wordnik
  7. gulf, the Gulf: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Gulf, gulf: Wiktionary
  9. gulf: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. gulf: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. gulf: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. gulf: Dictionary.com
  13. gulf: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. gulf: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Gulf (disambiguation), Gulf (geography), Gulf (novella), Gulf, The gulf: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Gulf: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. gulf: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. gulf: Rhymezone
  19. gulf: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. gulf: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Gulf: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. gulf: FreeDictionary.org
  23. gulf: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. The Gulf, gulf: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. The Gulf (play): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  26. gulf: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Gulf, gulf: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. GULF: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gulf: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See gulfed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.
noun:  (obsolete) That which swallows; the gullet.
noun:  That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
noun:  (geography) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea
noun:  (mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode.
noun:  (figurative) A wide interval or gap; a separating space.
noun:  (figurative) A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.
noun:  (Oxbridge slang) The bottom part of a list of those awarded a degree, for those who have only just passed.
verb:  (transitive) To engulf.
verb:  (Oxbridge slang, transitive) To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently.
noun:  The Persian Gulf, or the region surrounding it.
noun:  The Gulf of Mexico, or the region surrounding it.

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